Kingdom of Italy , banknote , Vittorio Emanuele III - 100 Lire Aquila Romana ( Roman Eagle ) - 23/08/1943

Kingdom of Italy , banknote , Vittorio Emanuele III - 100 Lire Aquila Romana ( Roman Eagle ) - 23/08/1943

Condition: VF - XF

Rare

Size: 185 mm W x 116 mm H

Obverse: This rectangular note has pilaster strips at the corners and two ovals for the watermarks, encircled by oak crowns. The watermarks depict heads of Italia (left) and of Dante (right). Lower centre, the seated figure of Roma with the she-wolf, in copperplate. The central background of the note, imprinted in three colours, consists of intertwined quatrefoils, showing the figure 100.

Reverse: A large Roman eagle, printed in two colours, red and yellow, occupies the centre of the note, surrounded by placards and cornices finely decorated with festoons of fruit and olive branches with olives.

Drawing: Giovanni Capranesi

Dimensions: (to the farthest point of the drawing) 169 x 92 mm.

Paper: special white pulp, paste watermark.

Characteristics: Chrome letterpress and copperplate.

Printer: Bank of Italy printing works, Rome; Bank of Italy Printing Works, L'Aquila (1942-43).